Social Studies - Chapter 1 Test

The _________ is an imaginary line around the middle of the earth. It divides the northern and southern hemisphere.

• continent

• prime meredian

• equator

• line of symmetry

What area has few people that live there and is mostly made up of farmland, forests and ranches (ranchos)?

• A rural area

• An urban area

• A suburb area

• A metropolitan area

Half of a globe or sphere is called a ________.

• hemisphere

• landform

• region

• equator

A __________ is an area of places that have certain things in common, such as climate, landforms and possibly cities.

• weather

• landform

• region

• state

Canals and ditches that help carry water, especially to the Desert Region is a process called what?

• Industries

• Irrigation

• Photosynthesis

• Weather

Cracks in earth surface are called _______.

• rivers

• faults

• just ditches

• none of the above

The usual weather of a place over a long period of time is called _________.

• geography

• climate

• region

• landform

A ________ is a large mass of land on the earth's surface.

• region

• equator

• hemisphere

• continent

What hemispheres is California in?

• Northern and Western Hemisphere

• Northern and Eastern Hemiphere

• Southern and Eastern Hemisphere

• Southern and Western Hemisphere

What does the scale on a map tell you?

• the meaning of symbols or colors

• the distance of things on the map

• what kind of map you are looking at

• directions, such as north or southwest